Martin Tenni

{{Short description|Australian politician (1934–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Martin Tenni | honorific_suffix = OAM | image = | caption = | constituency_AM1 = Barron River | assembly1 = Queensland Legislative | term_start1 = 7 December 1974 | term_end1 = 10 November 1989 | predecessor1 = Bill Wood | successor1 = Lesley Clark | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|4|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Cairns, Queensland, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|10|20|1934|4|4}} | death_place = Cairns | resting_place = | birth_name = Martin James Tenni | party = National Party | other_party = | spouse = Marion Dawn Hickling (m.1956) | alma_mater = | occupation = Hardware store proprietor | relations = }}

'''Martin James Tenni''' (4 April 1934 – 20 October 2019) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

==Early life==

Martin Tenni was born on 4 April 1934 in Cairns, the son of Henry Tenni and Francis May, ''née'' Reed. After attending state schools in the Cairns area, he underwent national service training in 1952 before entering the hardware business, eventually managing his own company.

==Politics== A member of the National Party, Tenni was a member of the Mareeba Shire Council from 1970 to 1976 (chairman from 1973 to 1976).<ref name=qp>{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=1576811246|accessdate= 4 February 2015}}</ref>

In 1974, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Barron River. In 1983 he was promoted to the front bench as Minister for Environment, Valuation and Administrative Services. He was moved to Water Resources and Maritime Services in 1986 and to Mines and Energy in 1987, adding Northern Development in 1989. He resigned from parliament on 10 November 1989.<ref name=qp/>

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